It would be really interesting to know how they found this person. Did he turn himself in, did someone else turn him in, was he traced as a result of injuries he suffered himself in the fire ...by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
those flower shots are gorgeous, David.by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
yes I must agree. Quite apart from the issue of what is possibly enjoyable about clinging to metal cables on such scary gradients - why go to a beautiful wilderness to spend the day crowded in with other people when there are so many beautiful places you can go to in the park without the crowds and the noise (and the cellphones)? Isn't that the point of going to a wilderness area - to get away frby Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yes this morning's webcam photo has those trees all beautifully powdered in white. And no Half Dome to be seen. Those roiling clouds yesterday are lovely.by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I was camping at Porcupine Flat on the Tioga Road last weekend. There was frost on the picnic table on Saturday morning and still some frost on the ground on a hike to Spillway Lake in the late morning. It did get warmer after Saturday but this time of year anything could happen.by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Friends camping and climbing in Yosemite Valley this week have emailed that a climber fell to his death off Half Dome on Monday. They are sharing a campsite with some Kiwi climbers who had to help the climber's partner off the face. There has been nothing in the news about this, does anyone have more details?by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Is there a confirmed end date for the bus between Yosemite alley and Tuyolumne Meadows yet? No date on the Yosemite NPS website yet.by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Any weather mavens out there? Someone who can read the landscape and take an educated guess at what the weather will be like in the high country mid-September? When might the snows start again?by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Youtube has plenty of video footage of people swimming in the Emerald Pool.by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
This was up the top of Vernal Falls back in April.by Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There have been 10 deaths since May 13 that have had some publicity: Man who slipped and fell of the Mist Trail on the way up to Vernal Falls Man who had a heart attack on the Upper Yosemite Falls trail (on the same day as above) Man who went missing on the Upper Yosemite Falls trail while hiking with his church group, still missing, presumed dead Two men who were swept off Wapama Falls bridgby Echidna - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion